Quick Take: How can previous work experience within a university setting help consultants assist educational institutions solve key challenges? Five Blackboard consultants share their experiences.
Since the first learning analytics conference, held in Canada in 2011,1 the field has been developing rapidly. Some of the trending areas in research are teacher and learner dashboards, predictive analytics and automatic feedback. There is also rising use of…
Quick take: How can I help students be interested, engaged, and successful? What tools can be used to personalize learning? Every instructor has their own approach, and best practices deserve to be shared.
Quick Take: How can a higher education institution help students succeed? The Student Experience Redesign Project was created by George Mason University to enrich students’ first year experience, provide better student support and services, and generate a culture of continuous improvement. That will be done through the use of new technologies and student, staff, and faculty collaboration.
Quick take: A university in the United States has created an award to recognize instructors and staff members who are committed to improve the online student experience. The initiative fosters academic effectiveness in online learning by sharing teaching best practices.
Quick take: Does your institution teach all students? Promoting accessibility in digital environments, ensuring all course interactions and online teaching are accessible to learners of all abilities, is the next big challenge for educational institutions in order to offer equal opportunities.
Quick take: With proper tools and data analysis, Rutgers University and California State University are fighting academic violations such as plagiarism.
Gjøvik and Trondheim, Norway The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) has, since 1st of January 2016 been the biggest university in Norway. However, before that, it was three independent colleges and one university. The Norwegian government decided to…
Reading, United Kingdom The University of Reading, located in South East England, has been taking giant steps to fully introduce its whole community of academics, lecturers, administrators, support staff and students into the world of technology for teaching and learning…
Competency-based education (CBE) offers learners a new choice and a new opportunity to participate in education. The Blackboard Learn and Moodlerooms platforms provide a variety of tools and resources for institutions and organizations that wish to successfully deploy CBE programs. Implementing a competency-based education (CBE) program often requires major institutional, organizational, curricular, and…
